Well, it is that time of year when I get to wish you Happy Birthday again, most desirable George. I’ll bet you would still be desirable at 109. Your charm and good looks will never leave you, George.
I am sitting here at my computer listening to classical music while I try to think of adequate words to write about you. I know you loved music and would enjoy listening to this music too. You were good with music as you were with everything. After all, you could play four instruments–the piano, the guitar, the saxophone, and of all things, the accordion! I have a photo of you playing an accordion. Also, you composed music for the piano and wrote some love songs. I have the album of love songs you made in 1957 and one of the songs you sing in your deep, melodious voice is one you composed–“Such Is My Love”. It is beautiful. (Well I just received a message on my cell phone and I know that because your are singing “More Than You Know” to me as you do when I receive a text.)

I have become addicted to a very entertaining movie you made in 1951! TCM showed it a couple of months ago and I recorded it. I have watched it almost every day since then. It is entitled “The Light Touch” and as you probably remember, it was filmed from mid-April to early June in 1951 in Sicily and at Cinecitta Studios in Rome. This was shortly after you received your Academy Award for your outstanding performance as the cynical Broadway critic, Addison DeWitt, in the 1950 movie “All About Eve”. “The Light Touch” was released on December 6, 1951. I don’t know why it wasn’t released until almost six months after the filming was completed. Perhaps the editing took longer than expected.
For those of you who have not seen the movie George portrays a cultivated European art dealer, hiding his larcenous, and if need be murderous, ways behind a facade of wit and charm. Of course, George has so much natural wit and charm that the role was no challenge to him. His portrayal is fascinating and very entertaining and one can hardly wait for him to make his many appearances on the screen. He is, as usual, so big and tall and handsome that he owns every scene he is in–and his voice is like warm honey. A detailed synopsis of the movie can be found on the Internet Movie Database (IMDB)and the catalog of the American Film Institute website.
I highly recommend the movie.